tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229767916391856208.post5211067055377324829..comments2023-09-20T11:20:47.644+01:00Comments on Fat Prophet: Back Again!Fat Prophethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05180456857091238743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229767916391856208.post-9429176451242024702007-08-28T18:26:00.000+01:002007-08-28T18:26:00.000+01:00Thanks for your comments and I am sure when the ch...Thanks for your comments and I am sure when the church actually goes for a projector we will investigate relevant software as well as the hardware to do this properly. Our local Anglican church have a projector and some software which seems very good - but I understand it was quite expensive - I will have a look at the one you mention and get the details for our next Church Council Meeting. The comments re skill of the operator were equally true of the good old OHP where you could often find the slide developed the 'shakes' particularly if it needed moving during the song. I was very pleased with the way it went yesterday as it was my daughters first attempt at doing this.<BR/>I did use the projector at Borth during the beach mission and on the Friday night the group brought their songs on a memeory stick and they had used backgrounds on the slides- there was one slight problem because the lighter ones were more difficult to read. I have no doubt I will repot on the blog on any progress with this one. Thanks again.Fat Prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180456857091238743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229767916391856208.post-41532983712473752312007-08-27T21:25:00.000+01:002007-08-27T21:25:00.000+01:00Good to read about your experience of using a proj...Good to read about your experience of using a projector. My experience is definitely that the singing is better with projector. There are some other issues (skill/sensitivity of operator, some people like to see the whole hymn/song rather than just the few lines on the screen, appropriate colour scheme to give good contrast of words/background, etc.) but lots of positives, not least being able to choose appropriate background images (beware of overdoing this though).<BR/>I'd suggest you try some dedicated worship software rather than using Powerpoint (although Powerpoint is fine to try out the principle of using a projector). All of them will allow you to have a database of songs/readings/backgrounds/etc. so you could almost run the songs without prep.<BR/>We use Easyworship but there are lots of others available. We ended up with EasyWorship chiefly because it looks like a 'normal Windows app, is fairly easy to learn and is licenced on a 'per projector' basis (or something like that) so that everyone who operates the projector can have their own copy and just take the schedule file to church on a USB memory stick.Methodist Worship Leaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904884417529929370noreply@blogger.com